1915 Falkland Islands 1915 post card to Dorset that has had a G.B. 1d stamp added on arrival and cancelled LONDON MAR 23 15. A 'PASSED CENSOR / H.M.S. KENT' handstamp is on the front of the card. After the Battle of the Falklands on 8 December 1914, the Kent, along with the cruisers Glasgow and Orama, went in search of the German S.M.S. Dresden, the only German Cruiser that was not sunk at the Battle of the Falklands. This card, written on 16 February 1915 was when the Kent was in the Tierra del Fuego area searching for the Dresden, which they found on 8 March and sank on 14 March. . £275.00Reference: K3328

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1945 Falkland Islands1945 'Operation Tabarin' cover addressed to the Falkland Islands, with a pair of Dependencies ½d's cancelled SOUTH ORKNEYS 12 FEB 1945. A Port Stanley 16 FEB 45 arrival c.d.s. is on the back. This was sent on the 2nd visit to South Orkney, the first being a year earlier. Prior to the start of the WWII German aircraft had dropped markers with swastikas across Queen Maud Land in an attempt to create a territorial claim. Operation Tabarin was a military undertaking by the Admiralty and the Colonial Office in 1943 to establish a permanent British presence in the Antarctic. These bases were the first ever to be constructed in Antarctica. £275.00Reference: K3319

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1944 Falkland Islands1944 self addressed philatelic 'Operation Tabarin' first day cover with a 6d cancelled SOUTH SHETLANDS 5 FEB 1944. Prior to the start of the WWII German aircraft had dropped markers with swastikas across Queen Maud Land in an attempt to create a territorial claim. Operation Tabarin was a military undertaking by the Admiralty and the Colonial Office in 1943 to establish a permanent British presence in the Antarctic. These bases were the first ever to be constructed in Antarctica. A base was established during February near the abandoned Norwegian whaling station on Deception Island. Andrew Taylor, the sender, was the surveyor on the exhibition. £60.00Reference: K3318

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1929 Falkland Islands 1929 formula registered envelope to the U.S.A. with a ½d and a pair of 2½d's paying the 5½d foreign letter rate (2½d per oz and 3d registration), cancelled PORT STANLEY 16 AP 29. The cover has been sealed with wax impressions of the Post Office Crown marking. New York and East Orange 6.5.1929 cancels are on the back. £725.00Reference:

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1935 Falkland Islands1935 envelope to England sent registered with a 1/- Silver Jubilee cancelled PORT STANLEY 16 DE 35. A Winchester arrival c.d.s. is on the back.£55.00Reference: G2849

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1933 Falkland Islands1933 registered envelope to Norwich, England bearing a Centenary ½d, 1d and 4d, paying a 5½d rate, which would be correct for a letter of up to 1oz to a non Commonwealth country, but overpaid by a 1½d to the UK. The stamps have been cancelled PORT STANLEY 8 JY 33. £300.00Reference: K3187

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1933 Falkland Islands1933 registered envelope to England written in the hand of Maude Carey, the postmistress, bearing a 1½d and 3d tied by PORT STANLEY 8 NO 33 datestamps. A Registered Staines Middx. 9 DEC 33 transit datestamp is on the back of the cover. £330.00Reference: K3157

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1942 Falkland Islands1942 censored envelope to Taunton, U.K. with a 1d cancelled PORT STANLEY 1 NO 42. At the base, OPENED BY CENSOR tape has been affixed to seal the cover. Fine. £475.00Reference: K3150

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1933 Falkland Islands1933 registered envelope to Yeovil, England, bearing a Centenary 6d cancelled SOUTH GEORGIA 24 NO 33 with another datestamp alongside. A South Georgia registration label is on the front of the cover. £525.00Reference: K3093

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1844 Great Britain / Falkland Islands1844 'Free frank' unstamped envelope used internally within London with NO 7 and NO 8 1844 datestamps. In the lower left corner is a 'Stanley' signature. At this time Lord Stanley, the 14th Earl of Derby, was the Colonial Secretary. It was after him that Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands was named. An interesting piece of ephemera for a Falkland Island collector. Stanley mail is not common!£225.00Reference: K3084

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1925 Falkland Islands1925 envelope to Bristol, England, bearing a pair of ½d's cancelled by the oval H. M. S. “AFTERGLOW” POSTED ON BOARD 24 AUG 1925 canceller. On the back is a Port Stanley SP 1 25 transit datestamp. The cover has a light vertical crease well clear of the stamps, that does not detract. £395.00Reference: G2791

1920's Falkland IslandsLate 1920's envelope to Roy Cove franked with a 1d cancelled by the double oval 'POSTED ON BOARD' canceller, without date, that has had the 'R.M.S. COLUMBUS' removed. These were only known used to Roy Cove between 1926 and 1931. After the withdrawal of the H.M.C.S. 'Afterglow' in 1926, the RMS Falkland was bought back into service to serve the out-laying districts in the Falklands. Between 1914 and 1918, the old canceller, which was originally that of the R.M.S. Columbus, had been used on the R.M.S. Falkland with a straight line R.M.S. FALKLAND handstamp. In the late 1920's only the oval 'POSTED ON BOARD' was used. A very scarce cover with this marking. £590.00Reference: GW2853

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1914 Falkland Islands1914 envelope (flap missing) to Port Stanley franked with a 1d and ½d tied by a DECEPTION ISLAND, SOUTH SHETLANDS 3 FEB 1914 datestamp. This is, according to Heijtz, (page 146) the earliest recorded usage of this canceller from Deception Island. £475.00Reference: K2824

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1913 Falkland IslandsA 1913 picture post card of a Gentoo Penguin Rookery, believed to be the rookery to the east of the old Salvesen Whaling Station on New Island. On the back is 'Printed in Saxony'. Fine.£35.00Reference: G2761

1896 Falkland Islands1896 envelope to London franked with a ½d and 2d cancelled FALKLAND ISLANDS DE 11 1896. (Andrews type 6) On the back is a London JA 10 97 arrival c.d.s. This letter would have sailed on the 'Osiris' which left Stanley on December 17 1896. A little roughly opened at the top. £295.00Reference: G2755

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1954 Falkland Islands1954 air letter to London, written from Admiralty Bay, South Shetlands, with the senders details – B. Goldborne, Base G, Admiralty Bay, F.I.D.S. - typed on the back. The letter went to Port Stanley where it was cancelled. Interesting contents regarding “making recordings for the B.B.C. and will be on a programme called South”.£45.00Reference: K2686